Title and introductory text
2025 No. 915
NUCLEAR ENERGY
The Nuclear Installations (Compensation for Nuclear Damage) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Made
22nd July 2025
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 306(1), (2) and (3) of the Energy Act 2023.
In accordance with section 306(5) of that Act, a draft of the instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Propose a change1 Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Nuclear Installations (Compensation for Nuclear Damage) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on the same day as Schedule 22 to the EA 2023 (Accession to Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage) comes into force.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(4) In these Regulations, “EA 2023” means the Energy Act 2023.
Propose a change2 Amendment of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965
(1) The Nuclear Installations Act 1965 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (8).
(2) In section 13 (exclusion, extension or reduction of compensation in certain cases) (as amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 22 to the EA 2023), in subsection (5A) omit “(1ZAA),”.
(3) In section 16 (satisfaction of claims) (as amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 22 to the EA 2023)—
(a) in subsection (1ZA) omit “, other than CSC-only claims,”;
(b) omit subsection (1ZAA);
(c) in subsection (1A) for “, (1ZAA), (3B), (3BA), (3BB), (3BC) or (3BD)” substitute “, (3B), (3BA), (3BB) or (3BC)”;
(d) in subsection (3), in paragraph (a) omit “(1ZAA),”;
(e) in subsection (3B)—
(i) omit “, other than CSC-only claims (“non-CSC-only claims”),”;
(ii) omit “non-CSC-only”;
(f) in subsections (3BA), (3BB) and (3BC) omit “non-CSC-only”;
(g) omit subsection (3BD);
(h) in subsection (3D), in paragraph (b)—
(i) in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) omit “, (1ZAA),”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (iii) omit “, (3BD)”.
(4) In section 16AA (Section 16: CSC-related definitions) (as inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 22 to the EA 2023) omit subsections (4) to (6).
(5) In section 17 (jurisdiction, shared liability and foreign judgments) (as amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 22 to the EA 2023), in subsection (3B), in paragraphs (a) and (b) omit “, (1ZAA)”.
(6) In section 18 (general cover for compensation) (as amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 22 to the EA 2023)—
(a) in subsection (1D)—
(i) in paragraphs (a) and (b) omit “, (1ZAA)”;
(ii) in paragraph (c) omit “, (3BD)”;
(b) in subsection (4B), in paragraph (b) omit “or, where relevant, (1ZAA)”.
(7) Omit section 25C (special drawing rights) (as inserted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 22 to the EA 2023).
(8) In section 26 (interpretation) (as amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 22 to the EA 2023), in subsection (1)—
(a) omit the definition of “CSC-only claim”;
(b) in the definitions of “event” and “occurrence” omit “(1ZAA),” and “, (3BD)”.
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